YoruByte: SOMETIMES, PEACE IS BETTER THAN TRUTH (Part1).
I have promised not to say anything about the recent utterances of the Alake of Egba land but my mailbox is almost torn over the issue. Calls and text messages also almost every 15 minutes.
In all of this supremacy issue so far brought up by the Alake, we are
still facing one side, the side of the Yorubas versus the Benins. That
is because its the Benin palace that has responded. But I tell you That
is the easiest part.
If i know the Alaafin as well as i think i do, there is right now at least 7 men in that his palace library, digging out royal edicts, royal letters, historical land marks signifying direct instructions and orders given to some Oonis in the past. I fear a messy brew coming up. The Alaafin is thorough like that. I appeal to Kabiyesi to Je ebure, awo olugbebe. Iku Baba yeye should think of the yoruba race and not tow that line.
I am sure the Orangun of Ila is currently seething in anger with the statement of the Alake too. That the Alake called five major kings in yoruba land and the Orangun of ila is not mentioned, while the Awujale and Alake himself was mentioned. Hmmm.... Please tell the Orangun of ila not to be angry, please remind him that "agba ti o binu l'omo re n po jojo". The Orangun is a direct child of Okanbi, neither the Alake nor Awujale are. But like I said, if we start analysing the Alake's statement too much, we would loose the gains achieved so far by the Ooni. That unity is very vital to us now.
Some have castigated the Ooni for travelling around to meet other kings, saying that is what caused the whole issue. Its not true, it is mandatory for all new Oonis to go visit the sons of Oduduwa after his coronation. The Ooni is doing the right thing, he is doing the thing required by tradition.
I pray no other Kabiyesi responds on this issue again.
Sometimes, "Peace" is better than "Truth".
-Till Friday.
follow Olufemi on twitter : @ffadairo
If i know the Alaafin as well as i think i do, there is right now at least 7 men in that his palace library, digging out royal edicts, royal letters, historical land marks signifying direct instructions and orders given to some Oonis in the past. I fear a messy brew coming up. The Alaafin is thorough like that. I appeal to Kabiyesi to Je ebure, awo olugbebe. Iku Baba yeye should think of the yoruba race and not tow that line.
I am sure the Orangun of Ila is currently seething in anger with the statement of the Alake too. That the Alake called five major kings in yoruba land and the Orangun of ila is not mentioned, while the Awujale and Alake himself was mentioned. Hmmm.... Please tell the Orangun of ila not to be angry, please remind him that "agba ti o binu l'omo re n po jojo". The Orangun is a direct child of Okanbi, neither the Alake nor Awujale are. But like I said, if we start analysing the Alake's statement too much, we would loose the gains achieved so far by the Ooni. That unity is very vital to us now.
Some have castigated the Ooni for travelling around to meet other kings, saying that is what caused the whole issue. Its not true, it is mandatory for all new Oonis to go visit the sons of Oduduwa after his coronation. The Ooni is doing the right thing, he is doing the thing required by tradition.
I pray no other Kabiyesi responds on this issue again.
Sometimes, "Peace" is better than "Truth".
-Till Friday.
follow Olufemi on twitter : @ffadairo
No comments:
Post a Comment